The relationship of 'systems thinking' to action research

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-284

  Flood, Robert Louis ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action research; Complexity theory; History of systems thinking; Holistic practice; Systemic practice; Systemic spiritualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954620084     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-010-9169-1     Document Type: Article

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